Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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